Institutional Research & Effectiveness Manager

Administrative Faculty, Non-Tenure Track, Benefits Eligible

The Institutional Research & Effectiveness Manager is responsible for providing leadership, oversight, and coordination in the management, research and analysis, and dissemination of institutional data and information in support of Western Nevada College. Key areas include mission fulfillment, strategic planning, decision-making, program assessment, and student success. The role of the Manager is to foster a robust and vibrant culture of evidence across Western Nevada College.

Job Duties

• Collaborate on, recommend, and provide data, information, research, and complex analyses as needed for program reviews and assessment, institutional effectiveness and mission fulfillment assessment, state performance review, accreditation, and ad hoc requests
• Oversee surveys and gather information not available in internal or external databases
• Develop, proof, and document programming code for reporting and analyses
• Coordinate WNC's response to applicable Public Records Requests
• Ensure that accurate and complete data and information are submitted on time to system office, state, federal, accrediting, and other agencies. This includes reviewing external requirements, monitoring internal data and business processes, and documentation
• Ensure that accurate and complete data and information are timely submitted to internal customers. This includes reviewing requests and working with the requester to understand the need, validating data, providing analysis, and researching any potential data discrepancies
• Facilitate college goal processes including providing templates and guidance, tracking progress and completion
• Supervise temporary IRE staff members including approving hours and timesheets; managing assignments, workload, behavior and performance; managing personnel budget; and ensuring training completion
• Serve on institutional committees and collaborate with business process personnel in Admission & Records, Financial Assistance, Scheduling, Student Services, and other data customers across the institution to identify potential processes that impact reporting needs and that could be streamlined for reporting purposes
• Coordinate communication avenues to identify best practices and link institutional priorities to data and information
• Manage, build upon, and monitor WNC's internal SQL data warehouse to ensure institutional reporting needs are anticipated and met
• Develop and modify reports and dashboards

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Perks of Working at WNC

Education Benefits for Faculty Employees and Family Members

WNC is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and their qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Qualified dependents of faculty can take unlimited credits per semester. More information can be found in the Board of Regents Handbook.